Household Food Insecurity by Number (6.1.1N)
As shown in Table 6.1.1N, the percentages reported above imply that more than 7.2 million A2H households are food insecure and that more than 3.4 million of them are experiencing hunger.
Table 6.1.1N
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, BY FOOD SECURITY STATUS
Food Security Among Clients’ Households |
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Among all households |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
2,565,500 |
307,500 |
174,700 |
3,053,000 |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
3,360,200 |
299,000 |
202,500 |
3,792,300 |
Food insecure with hunger |
2,674,300 |
393,600 |
292,800 |
3,424,800 |
SUBTOTAL |
6,034,500 |
692,500 |
495,300 |
7,217,000 |
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS |
8,600,000a |
1,000,000 |
670,000 |
10,270,000 |
Among households with children younger than age 18 |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
906,800 |
58,600 |
26,800 |
1,005,400 |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
1,485,800 |
62,100 |
22,600 |
1,562,300 |
Food insecure with hunger |
1,108,100 |
46,800 |
22,300 |
1,172,200 |
SUBTOTAL |
2,593,900 |
108,900 |
44,900 |
2,734,500 |
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN AGE 18 |
3,500,700 |
167,500 |
71,800 |
3,740,000 |
Among households with seniors age 65 or older |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
1,008,400 |
75,600 |
11,300 |
1,101,700 |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
781,400 |
41,500 |
5,600 |
821,200 |
Food insecure with hunger |
344,000 |
24,200 |
2,300 |
371,400 |
SUBTOTAL |
1,125,300 |
65,700 |
7,800 |
1,192,600 |
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH SENIORS AGE 65 OR OLDER |
2,133,800 |
141,300 |
19,200 |
2,294,300 |
Notes:
See Appendix
B
for the estimated number of people served in subgroups of A2H clients.
Columns in this table do not exactly add up to the column total. This discrepancy occurs because tables showing percentage distributions are weighted with the monthly weight, while the number of clients presented in this table is estimated at the annual level. Because the relationship between the monthly and annual weights varies across individuals depending on the frequency of visits to program sites, applying annual estimates to a monthly snapshot of percentage distributions results in small discrepancies in column totals.
Key findings include:
- Of households with children under 18, approximately 2.7 million are food insecure, of which approximately 1.2 million are experiencing hunger.
- The comparable numbers of households with a senior member age 65 or older are 1.2 million and 0.4 million.